Mk4 Golf TDI Potential clutch issue

[BillyMarson]

Hello chaps,

I bought a 2001 mk4 Golf tdi as a stop gap car when the head gasket blew on my Skoda (RIP).
After a couple of weeks it’s developed some judder/kangaroo action in 2nd and 3rd gear, it only does this under acceleration, and it only does it up to about 1200rpm in 2nd and about 1500rpm in 3rd, I’m thinking clutch, in which case it might be better to replace the car again, alternatively it could be me being overly cautious with the gas pedal, I’m used to diesels which are quite lazy and this seems quite revvy.

For some more details, it’s a manual box, I think it’s the pre-pd engine, although I can take photos for someone else to confirm as I don’t know these cars well.

Any help would be appreciated, or if anyone in the Leicester area wants to swap as-is for something else, that would be fine too!

Thanks

[E-bmw]

If it was your clutch it would do it in every gear.

Try using a few more revs, I suspect you are too far down the rev range.

[GreenV8S]

BillyMarson said:

it only does it up to about 1200rpm in 2nd and about 1500rpm in 3rd,

It sounds as if you're labouring the engine which is not good for it.

I don't know whether this accounts for the problem, but staying away from high torque at low revs might let you avoid it - and the engine will thank you in any case.